First it was the ban on the sale of liquor after 10 p.m., followed by the firecracker ban and then the smoking ban in public places. These orders reflect the local government sensibilities of the Duterte administration, which is to be expected since President Rodrigo Duterte’s principal government expertise was as mayor of Davao City. […]

Recently, there are two horrifying man-made calamities that could shake the heads of every normal human being: the bombing of the concert of Ariana Grande in Manchester England and the terror attacks in Marawi City in Mindanao. The two incidents happened in almost the same day. They only differ in the time of execution of […]

CEBU CITY–Assert yourselves. Hoping to eradicate or lessen corruption, President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos not to remain silent and to instead stand up against irregularities in government. “The thing about corruption is that Filipinos are not assertive. He knows his rights, and complains about it (corruption) but does nothing,” he said in a speech […]